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Clytemnestra: Meaning and Definition of

Cly•tem•nes•tra

Pronunciation: (klī"tum-nes'tru), [key]
— n. Class. Myth.
  1. the daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, the wife of Agamemnon, and the mother of Orestes, Electra, and Iphigenia. She killed Agamemnon and was herself killed, along with her lover, Aegisthus, by Orestes.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
clyster Clytius
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